created sense approved 鼎镬/鼎鑊 · dǐnghuò · cauldrons — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鼎镬 / 鼎鑊
dǐnghuò
cauldrons
(literary) Ancient metal cooking vessels; specifically [[鼎|鼎|ding3]] (three-legged vessels) and [[镬|鑊|huo4]] (large pans or boilers).
鼎 (literal) → 鼎 · dǐng · cauldron 镬 (literal) → 镬/鑊 · huò · cauldron
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 鼎镬/鼎鑊 · dǐnghuò · execution by boiling — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鼎镬 / 鼎鑊
dǐnghuò
execution by boiling
(literary) An ancient form of torture or execution where a person was boiled alive in a large cauldron.
鼎 (literal) → 鼎 · dǐng · execution tool 镬 (literal) → 镬/鑊 · huò · cauldron
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition